#A59EA4#A59EA4

#A59EA4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.012 H 330.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A59EA4
RGB	rgb(165, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(309, 4%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(309, 4%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 0.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 3.66, -2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 4.28, 328.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0102 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.012 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4437, 35.1336, 40.0817)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A59EA4 #9EA59F

analogous

#A29EA5 #A59EA4 #A59EA0

triadic

#A59EA4 #A4A59E #9EA4A5

tetradic

#A59EA4 #A5A29E #9EA59F #9EA0A5

square

#A59EA4 #A5A29E #9EA59F #9EA0A5

split-complementary

#A59EA4 #A0A59E #9EA5A2

monochromatic

#686167 #887E86 #A59EA4 #C2BEC2 #E0DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A59EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A59EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A59EA4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A59EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A59EA4	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a59ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.012 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbabf',
    500: '#a59ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a59ea4;
$custom-light: #bfbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a59ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 3.743,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.707,
    "c": 0.01174,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A59EA4

secondary

#CED1CF

accent

#8E6058

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F6F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121112

muted

#818081

Preview Lab

Preview with #A59EA4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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